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The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania ((アルバニア語:Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë)) is one of the newest autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. It declared its autocephaly in 1922 through its Congress of 1922, and gained recognition from the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1937. The church suffered during the Second World War, and in the communist period that followed, especially after 1967 when Albania was declared an atheist state, and no public or private expression of religion was allowed. The church has, however, seen a revival since religious freedom was restored in 1991, with more than 250 churches rebuilt or restored, and more than 100 clergy being ordained. It has 909 parishes spread all around Albania, and around 500,000 faithful.〔 The number is claimed to be as high as 700,000 by some Orthodox sources - and higher when considering the Albanian diaspora.〔http://orthodoxalbania.org/alb/index.php/al/〕〔http://albanianorthodox.com/〕 ==Administration and Holy Synod== The Holy Synod of Bishops was established in 1998, and is currently composed of:〔(The Holy Synod of Albania ), ''Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, accessed on 2008-06-16〕 * Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, head of the Holy Synod: Anastasios (Anastasios Yannoulatos) (1992-) * Metropolis of Berat, Vlorë, Kanina and all Myzeqe: Ignatios Triantis (1996-) * Metropolis of Korçë: Joan Pelushi (1998-) * Metropolis of Gjirokastër: Demetrios Dikbasanis (2006-) * Titular Diocese of Apollonia : Nikolla Hyka (2006-) * Titular Diocese of Kruja: Andon Merdani (2006-) * Titular Diocese of Amantia: Nathanail Stergiou (2012-) * Titular Diocese of Byllis: Asti Bakallbashi (2012-) * General Secretary Protopresbyter: Jani Trebicka 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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